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2 unusual facts about Tarantula


Martin Berkeley

His screenwriting credits, often shared, include So Dark the Night (1946), Gypsy Colt (1954), Tarantula (1955), Revenge of the Creature, The Big Caper (1957) and Dr. Gillespie's Prison Criminal Case.

Timo Descamps

In his spare time, Jo was a painter and loved strange pets: he had a pet Tarantula called Mary and after its death he got a snake he named Picasso.


A. metallica

Avicularia metallica, the metallic pinktoe, a tarantula species found in the tropical forests of Colombia

Boston crab

This move, also known as the Tarantula in reference to Yoshihiro Tajiri's naming of the move, involves a wrestler hooking each of an opponent's legs in one of his/her arms and draping the opponent over the top rope, at this point the wrestler would hook the arms of the opponent with his/her legs securing the hold.

Durham University Botanic Garden

Within the glasshouses tropical rainforest flora, desert plants and species from the Mediterranean are on show as well as tropical insects such as stick insects, scorpiones, butterflies and tarantulas.

Ginger Pooley

Reyes has taken part in three Smashing Pumpkins music videos: "Tarantula", "That's the Way (My Love Is)" and "G.L.O.W."

I Am One

"I Am One" features a doubled guitar solo - a technique later used on Pumpkins songs like "Ava Adore", "Tarantula", and "Bring the Light".

Jeff Schroeder

Schroeder toured with the band throughout 2007 and 2008 and appeared in the music videos for "Tarantula", "That's the Way (My Love Is)" and G.L.O.W..

M. robustum

Megaphobema robustum, the Colombian giant tarantula or Colombian giant redleg, a spider species found in the tropical rainforests of Colombia and Brazil

Monster from the Ocean Floor

Wade also starred in other low-budget films during the decade including Tarantula (1955), and Teenage Monster (1958).

Notte della Taranta

The Night of Tarantula, the music fest of Pizzica which takes place in various municipalities in the province of Lecce and the Grecìa Salentina, especially in Melpignano and has its highlights in August.

Poecilotheria hanumavilasumica

Poecilotheria hanumavilasumica is a species of tarantula endemic to the Ramanathapuram district in southern India.

Poecilotheria metallica

P. metallica was first discovered in the town of Gooty, a fact reflected in some of its common names: Gooty sapphire ornamental tree spider, Gooty sapphire, and Gooty tarantula.

Propellor Time

Additionally, an array of guest musicians collaborated with Hitchcock on Propellor Time; selected tracks feature contributions (some dating back to the Olé! Tarantula era) from John Paul Jones, Johnny Marr, Nick Lowe, and former Soft Boy/Egyptian band mate Morris Windsor.

Pterinochilus chordatus

Pterinochilus chordatus, or Killimanjaro mustard baboon spider, is an old-world tarantula, first described in 1873 by Carl Eduard Adolph Gerstaecker.

Speckled cockroach

This species breeds readily in captivity and is often used as livefood for other invertebrates such as tarantulas and praying mantids, as well as smaller lizards.

The Runestone

In March, 2010, Perseverance Records released the soundtrack album with music by David Newman which its score was a reminiscent of the 50s B-movie scores composed by Henry Mancini such as The Creature from the Black Lagoon and Tarantula.

The Sweet Ride

The San Francisco rock and roll band Moby Grape contributed to the soundtrack, and appeared, credited, in the film, performing the song "Never Again" in a Sunset Strip nightclub called the Tarantula.

Western Kid

A modern-day version of the character stars in the five-issue ensemble miniseries Six Guns (#1-4 cover-dated Jan.-March 2012), by writer Andy Diggle and artist Davide Gianfelice, and also starring the extant female mercenary Tarantula and new contemporary versions of the Marvel Old West heroes the Black Rider; Matt Slade; and the Two-Gun Kid.


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